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Bush signs the wine-to-go bill into law
The governor also signed a bill to let judges sentence low-risk juvenile offenders to day treatment programs.
Associated Press
Published June 18, 2005
TALLAHASSEE - The pressure will soon be off to finish that expensive bottle of wine while still at the restaurant and risk driving home tipsy.
Under a bill signed Friday by Gov. Jeb Bush, restaurant patrons will be able to take home unfinished bottles of wine starting July 1.
The bill's sponsor, Sen. Jim King, R-Jacksonville, had touted the bill as one that would discourage overconsumption by people reluctant to waste fine wine.
Individual restaurants will be able to decide whether to provide the service.
The measure allows patrons to take home one unsealed bottle of wine for consumption if they have purchased a full course meal including a salad or vegetable, entree and bread and have consumed some of the wine with the meal.
The bottle must be "securely resealed" by the restaurant and placed in a bag or other container.
Another bill Bush signed Friday would allow judges to sentence low-risk juvenile offenders to day treatment programs.
Bill supporters said the measure would involve family members in treatment. That bill would also allow high-risk offenders nearing the end of their sentences to return to their communities for up to three days to interview for jobs or enroll in school.
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